Yep, that ever so mysterious man who once put 'Rooster Worship' down as his religion on a survey. He died a while back (cancer of the pseudonym - it kills over one non-existant people every year), but i'm just getting into his work now. I've read Thinner and I just finished The Long Walk. A few pages into Road Work right now.
Thinner was good, I enjoyed it - but the ending didn't really work for me. Felt it wasn't really the right ending for the story. The mobster was by far my favourite character, I forget his name though. Started with a G.
The Long Walk was fucking phenonemal - I really, really enjoyed it and it far surpassed my expectations. Except...again, the ending. The end fell a bit flat for me - apart from that revelation about Stebbins, it was pretty run-of-the-mill and unfortunately not very satisfying. The story, the style and the characters throughout though were simply amazing - I greatly recommend this book. Or just pick it up in The Bachman Books and save yourself a few dollars.
Road Work seems pretty good so far, but i'm only 20 or so pages in.
Your thoughts on this mysterious character and his works?
PS - Lets keep this topic devoid of discussions of Kings work - lets just focus on Mr. Bachman here. I think he's starting to get a little jealous of all the attention Stephen gets.
Thinner was good, I enjoyed it - but the ending didn't really work for me. Felt it wasn't really the right ending for the story. The mobster was by far my favourite character, I forget his name though. Started with a G.
The Long Walk was fucking phenonemal - I really, really enjoyed it and it far surpassed my expectations. Except...again, the ending. The end fell a bit flat for me - apart from that revelation about Stebbins, it was pretty run-of-the-mill and unfortunately not very satisfying. The story, the style and the characters throughout though were simply amazing - I greatly recommend this book. Or just pick it up in The Bachman Books and save yourself a few dollars.
Road Work seems pretty good so far, but i'm only 20 or so pages in.
Your thoughts on this mysterious character and his works?
PS - Lets keep this topic devoid of discussions of Kings work - lets just focus on Mr. Bachman here. I think he's starting to get a little jealous of all the attention Stephen gets.